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[-] Gnugit@aussie.zone 67 points 2 days ago

Chef here. Don't bother peeling carrots unless you are making salad. You are just wasting your carrot.

And use the skins in stocks, soups and sauces.

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 days ago

I think it depends on the carrot. Some of them are impossible to wash well.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 days ago

You don't need to make it sterile, unless you plan to use the carrot as wound dressing.
Which is probably not advisable anyway.

Maybe for a salad, i clean a bit more thoroughly. Humans are not that fragile. (unless you specifically are, in which case, do be careful)

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

It's not about sterility. Dirt/sand in your mouth is a very unpleasant experience.

[-] Aeao@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

That’s just like… your opinion man

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The rough side of the sponge should be able to get that no problem. Still no need to peel.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I don't know how a sponge is supposed to do anything when sometimes even the peeler can't do the job. I have to get into the nooks with a knife.

[-] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

Get a stiff bristled scrub brush and only use it for vegies. You can scrub all the dirt off super easy and if you really scrub you basically peel them anyways with the brush.

[-] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Yep. I basically never peel carrots when cooking for myself unless they're past their best

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 9 points 2 days ago

In root vegetables, 80% of the vitamins are in the skin, and the flesh is nearly pure carbs. You're throwing away most of the good stuff.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

80% of the vitamins are not in the skin. There are exceptions where the skin of some fruits and vegetables are higher in a particular vitamin(s), like for instance potato skins are highest in iron or something like that, but it is untrue that the majority of nutrition is in the skins of these foods and discarding or peeling them removes “80%” of the nutritional value of the food.

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

I don't want to grind earth, sand and/or dung on my teeth though.

That's why you wash and scrub it...

[-] TherapyGary 5 points 2 days ago

Wash and scrub it?? Yeah, right- sounds like Big Vitamin propaganda trying to make me need a B12 supplement

[-] ranzispa@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Unless it's for salad, I just run them under some water. Same for potatoes.

Time is too short for peeling vegetables.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Potato skins are where the nutrients are at. Also lots of flavor.

Idk if I'd say the same about carrots

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago
[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I love chewing on sand. It's my favorite. Maybe I should just go stick my face in the lawn and start monching.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago

Rinse your carrot before eating it you acorn

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

Man likes to eat sand, what is wrong with that? He isn't telling YOU how to live your life!

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

saves work and toothpaste.

[-] Gnugit@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

I like to scrub mine with a kitchen towel or mild plastic scouring pad in warm water. I also do the same with any other palatable skinned root veg.

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I love this comment

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

YOU ARE NOT POEM FOR YOUR SPROG

[-] Railing5132@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I miss that guy

[-] parody@lemmings.world 1 points 2 days ago
[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It was a joke, and I'll never eat that chef's sand carrots.

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